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(Rafael Crame)
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He was the son of an officer in the artillery corps of the Spanish army in the Philippines, Rafael Ma. de Crame y Gonzales Calderon, and Maria Perez de Tagle. He was a grandson of Joaquín Rafael de Crame who served briefly on temporary capacity as governor-general of the Philippines from April 23, 1835 to September 9, 1835. 
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He studied at the Ateneo de Manila and later enrolled in the Spanish military academy in 1879-1881. After completing his cadetship, he was employed by the Spanish government in the Negociado de Contribución Territorial. He was a government official in the Administracion de Hacienda Publica when <a href="https://kahimyang.com/kauswagan/articles/523/today-in-philippine-history-august-23-1896-katipuneros-led-by-andres-bonifacio-tore-their-cedulas" class="news_link">Philippine Revolution broke out in 1896</a>.
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Crame successively served with the battalion of volunteers organized by the Spanish army, as  private, corporal, and sergeant from August 29,1896 to June 1898. He had been promoted to the rank of first lieutenant, and subsequently was promoted to captain. Unfortunately, when the city police force in Manila was reorganized, he was one of those canned out as only four of the sixteen police officers with rank of captain were retained.
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When the Philippine Constabulary was organized sometime in 1902, Crame joined at the invitation of a certain Captain Alkinson. Starting at fourth-class inspector, he rose rapidly to second lieutenant on March 1 1903; first lieutenant on September 15, 1903; Captain on March 15, 1905; assistant superintendent of infantry division on November 1, 1905; lieutenant colonel and assistant director on December 1, 1907; full-fledge colonel and assistant chief on February 13,1914; and acting chief  on December 17, 1917. He was subsequently named as chief of the Constabulary with the rank of brigadier general.
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October 2, 1863: Rafael Crame, first Filipino director of the defunct Philippine Constabulary was born in Malabon Rizal